Short Crossing(A) Poems

crossing a river summers 
heat shows sweat on brow 
water is pleasing...

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snail crossing a leaf
      half way over disbelief 
 book slams shut ~ good grief...

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street lights filter in
two shadows crossing a room
rhythmic dance begins


In The Mood Contest...

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crossing a street
I spot a sign and snicker…
          dip in road
  

         19 May 2020...

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Crossing a line
to do the right thing
Truth staring back
—the mirror is king

(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)...

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I fear heights and yet,
never would I fret
crossing a wobbly
bridge o'er a ravine.
If it leads to you,
that's what I would do.

#5...

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Write 'em in a car, on the back of a horse
Write 'em while sitting on the throne of course
One place I won't
Crossing a moat
And definitely not in the midst of a divorce...

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Write 'em in a car, on the back of a horse
Write 'em while sitting on the throne of course
One place I won't
Crossing a moat
And definitely not in the midst of a divorce...

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Two Palm trees,

Crossing a fence like railway,

One within,one beyond,

One is mine,

One My neighbor poor,

Yield rich the other,

Mine poor,

Reason only God knows,

Why?...

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I write 'em in a car, on the back of a horse
I write 'em while sitting on the throne of course
One place I won't
While crossing a moat
And definitely not shopping at a grocery store...

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I write 'em in a car, on the back of a horse
I write 'em while sitting on the throne of course
One place I won't
While crossing a moat
And most definitely not while having intercourse...

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How deep do we travel
inside the divide
When crossing a line
we may not survive

How much of existence
lies waiting beyond
Those things without answers
— in moments becalmed

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)
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Here lies Percival C. Singer’s tabby cat
Who tragically forgot where he was at
He was crossing a street
When, perchance, he did meet
A truck that crushed him inalterably flat.

Written August 18, 2022...

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watering
the seeds of love -
my garden blooms

providing shelter
to a haggard stray dog -
love at first sight

mutual sharing
of spiritual love -
unconditional

compromise
crossing a bridge
to meet half way

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A part of you is
a part of me.
We are dolls in
the a small vacant farm.


You built us a home
with love.
A dirty rag around your
throat crossing a bridge
you will get there by noon.
Plant your vines.
Have faith.
In the morning
sunlight through glass
bowls.
Fingerprints mirrored. 
Monday in the park...

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Do be aware, our highways and sidewalks, are covered with snow.
    And this morning's weather forcast , is minus zero.
    Despite this warning, of freezing rain and falling icicles.   
    Unwisely some folk, are already riding their bicycles.
    As for those, and everyone walking, while crossing a road.
    Do give way, and always remember to follow, the highway code....

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"Sweet breath
That now comes so hard
My tired lungs 
betray me
I slowly drown
in a sea of air
Crossing a room is painful
I can no longer
mount a stair

Sweet nothingness approaches
I fear it not
For it will bring,
The birds to my yard,
Where with joy they will sing
And for me, the only thing,
I pray for me it should bring,
That which I most covet to gain....
An end to this horrific pain."...

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Crossing a swollen river
The current carries the message
Everything is constant
The flow of images
Pulling feelings downstream
I need to construct a bridge
To join the division in land
To connect deep forests
Stones, branches, and debris
Changing the course
Slowing the energy and momentum
Like life's obstacles
We find a way to get around them
Emptying ourselves into a greater source
A pool of wisdom.........

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Where the road ends

The road ends
by the edge of the woods
at the end of the shortest day
when there is no place left to travel to
and no place left for us to stay.

The way narrows slowly
‘til it falls onto a path
and at long last
it lessens still
where it leads down
the valley
to the bottom of a hill
crossing a vine laden stream
hidden from the sun
and there it ends
in the waning
hours of dreams
as if it
had never begun....

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A heat wave was blowing,
The sun was roasting clouds,
The army vehicles were hiding,
The sandy dirt was flying heap,
And pouring as showers of rain.

The soldiers were going forward,
With their pointing gun, 
A bottle of water and rock sack,
A loaded man was walking,
In a sweat pool under his hat. 

Fear was crossing a side,
Death was honouring a pride,
A dignity for a nation,
A price for liberty,
A human paid to a human as enemy....

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A silvery,
fluting cry of a sleepless moon
on the pillow of a twilight sleep :
an enigma I wanted to share
with a skylark.

From the disbelief rises a sulphur
cloud to thaw the ice on the tongue of a dawn.
First ray of sunlight starts flirting,
with a dew drop on a wet rose.

It was not a poem but a thought
crossing a bridge into eternity,
for a sparkle in the pain of life,
a hymn to be recited without understanding
the meaning.



Satish Verma...

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Sick of the sorrow

Throw it all away

Leave room for tomorrow

Live on yesterday and today 



Move forward

Move on

Don’t go backward

Like vise-versa dusk to dawn 



I was on the edge of no tomorrow

Give me faith, Lord, not sorrow



Give me a reason to overcome

The waves of emotions

I succumb to the feeling of numb,

Crossing a thousand oceans



Just to reach to you 

Just to hear your voice again

Shine on, grow on, smile on...

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At the footbridge I saw a chicken,
trying to keep its balance
as it flapped its wings. It felt dizzy
when it saw the abyss below it,
which swallowed time and matter.

Surprisingly the chicken kept on
with the journey, claw after claw. It
wasn't chicken-hearted like most
chickens. It was ready to walk
on wooden footpaths which cracked
in every step,
until it reached the other end.

It had crossed the road;
now it was crossing a footbridge....


Date: 7/19/2016...

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